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Create a controlling-term lease abstract from the original lease and amendment below. Reconcile conflicts by applying the amendment where it expressly modifies the original lease. Use only the supplied text; do not infer missing provisions or provide legal advice. Normalize dates as YYYY-MM-DD and monetary amounts as numbers without currency symbols or commas. Every extracted term must cite its source section and include a short exact quote. Return parsed JSON only, matching the supplied schema. ORIGINAL OFFICE LEASE Executed: September 15, 2026 Parties. Harbor Exchange Owner LLC (Landlord) and Meridian Cartography, Inc. (Tenant). Section 1.1 — Premises. Landlord leases to Tenant Suite 410 at Harbor Exchange, 225 West Bay Street, Jacksonville, Florida, containing approximately 18,750 rentable square feet. Section 2.1 — Term. The Term begins January 1, 2027 and expires December 31, 2036. Section 3.1 — Base Rent. Tenant shall pay monthly Base Rent as follows: January 1, 2027 through December 31, 2029: $46,875.00; January 1, 2030 through December 31, 2032: $51,562.50; January 1, 2033 through December 31, 2035: $56,718.75; and January 1, 2036 through December 31, 2036: $62,390.63. Section 3.2 — Abatement. Base Rent is abated for the first three full calendar months of the Term. Tenant remains responsible during that period for Additional Rent and all other obligations. Section 4.1 — Operating Expenses. Beginning on the Commencement Date, Tenant shall pay Tenant's Proportionate Share of increases in Operating Expenses over the 2027 calendar-year base stop of $12.00 per rentable square foot. Tenant's Proportionate Share is 8.25%. Controllable Operating Expenses may not increase by more than 5% per calendar year on a cumulative, compounded basis. Taxes, insurance, utilities, snow removal, security costs, and costs arising from changes in law are excluded from the cap. Section 5.1 — Security Deposit. Upon execution, Tenant shall deposit $140,625.00. Provided no Event of Default has occurred, the deposit shall be reduced to $70,312.50 on January 1, 2030. Section 12.3 — Assignment and Subletting. Tenant may not assign this Lease or sublet any portion of the Premises without Landlord's prior written consent, not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed. No consent is required for an assignment to an Affiliate or in connection with a merger or sale of substantially all of Tenant's assets, provided the successor has a net worth at least equal to Tenant's net worth immediately before the transaction and Tenant gives Landlord at least 15 days' prior written notice. Section 18.2 — Renewal Option. Tenant has one option to renew the entire Premises for five years at 95% of Fair Market Rent. Tenant must exercise the option by written notice delivered no earlier than 15 months and no later than 12 months before expiration. The option is unavailable if Tenant is in monetary default when notice is given or on the renewal commencement date. Section 24.1 — Notices. Notices to Landlord shall be delivered to Harbor Exchange Owner LLC, 100 Riverfront Plaza, Suite 900, Jacksonville, FL 32202, Attention: Asset Manager, with a copy to Bell & Crowe LLP, 50 North Laura Street, Suite 2400, Jacksonville, FL 32202, Attention: Real Estate Department. Notices to Tenant shall be delivered to Meridian Cartography, Inc., Suite 410, 225 West Bay Street, Jacksonville, FL 32202, Attention: Chief Financial Officer. FIRST AMENDMENT TO OFFICE LEASE Executed: December 10, 2026 Recitals. This First Amendment modifies the Office Lease dated September 15, 2026 between Harbor Exchange Owner LLC and Meridian Cartography, Inc. If this Amendment conflicts with the Lease, this Amendment controls. Section 1 — Premises. Effective on the Commencement Date, Suite 425 is added to the Premises. The combined Premises consist of Suites 410 and 425 and contain 21,300 rentable square feet. Tenant's Proportionate Share is revised to 9.37%. Section 2 — Commencement and Expiration. Section 2.1 of the Lease is deleted and replaced. The Term begins February 1, 2027 and expires January 31, 2037. Section 3 — Base Rent and Abatement. Section 3.1 is deleted and replaced. Monthly Base Rent is: February 1, 2027 through January 31, 2030: $53,250.00; February 1, 2030 through January 31, 2033: $58,575.00; February 1, 2033 through January 31, 2036: $64,432.50; and February 1, 2036 through January 31, 2037: $70,875.75. Notwithstanding Section 3.2 of the Lease, Base Rent is abated for the first four full calendar months of the Term. Tenant remains responsible for Additional Rent and all other obligations during the abatement period. Section 4 — Security Deposit. Section 5.1 is amended so that the initial Security Deposit is $159,750.00 and, provided no Event of Default has occurred, it is reduced to $79,875.00 on February 1, 2030. Section 5 — Renewal Option. The renewal option remains one five-year option at 95% of Fair Market Rent. The exercise window is changed: notice must be delivered no earlier than 18 months and no later than 15 months before expiration. All other conditions in Section 18.2 remain unchanged. Section 6 — Ratification. Except as expressly modified by this Amendment, the Lease remains in full force and effect.

Act as a wildlife biologist reviewing this camera-trap image for a wetland monitoring program. Produce a detailed field observation report grounded strictly in visible details from the image. Include: probable species identification and confidence; the exact number of animals visible; defensible age-class observations; whether sex can be determined; each animal’s location, posture, movement, and apparent behavior; any visible prey or food item; evidence of travel, foraging, den use, or social interaction; habitat and infrastructure features; tracks or other field signs; image-quality limitations; and plausible alternative interpretations. For every conclusion, cite the specific visual evidence supporting it. Clearly separate direct observations from inferences, avoid unsupported certainty, and do not invent measurements, timestamps, or off-camera activity.

You are advising the producers of TIDELINE, a completed 92-minute documentary about a Louisiana fishing community adapting to coastal erosion. Prepare a substantive distribution decision memo using only the facts below. PRODUCER OBJECTIVES, IN PRIORITY ORDER 1. Protect the film’s credibility and community relationships. 2. Secure enough near-term cash to satisfy the September 30 obligations described below. 3. Achieve broad US audience reach within 12 months. 4. Preserve educational and community-screening access at affordable prices. 5. Retain meaningful approval or consultation over edits, key art, trailer, and publicity framing. 6. Maximize long-term economics, without relying on speculative performance forecasts. FINANCIAL POSITION - A $420,000 bridge loan must be repaid by September 30. Assume the stated amount includes all interest and fees. - The production also owes $40,000 in deferred crew compensation on September 30. - The sales agent receives 10% of every license fee, minimum guarantee, or advance paid to the producer, deducted when each payment is received. For this exercise, do not apply the commission to later backend distributions. - Ignore taxes and the time value of money. - The producer currently has no unrestricted cash available for these obligations. OFFER A — NORTHLIGHT RELEASING - Territory: United States and Canada. - Rights: all media, including theatrical, television, TVOD, SVOD, AVOD, educational, non-theatrical, airlines, and community screenings. - Term: 12 years. - Minimum guarantee: $550,000, recoupable; 50% on signing and 50% on delivery acceptance. - Northlight says signing can occur by August 20, but delivery acceptance may take up to 60 days after delivery. The film is ready to deliver immediately. - Distribution fee: 25% of gross receipts. - Recoupable distribution expenses: capped at $175,000, excluding residuals and collection-account fees. - P&A: $350,000 guaranteed spend, treated as a recoupable distribution expense but not counted against the $175,000 expense cap. - Release: minimum 20-market theatrical release followed by digital availability; no firm dates. - Producer approvals: consultation only on trailer and key art. Northlight may request edits, but producer approval is required for edits exceeding an aggregate of three minutes. - Community screenings must be booked through Northlight at its standard non-theatrical rates. - Producer backend: 75% of gross receipts remaining after the distribution fee, then applied first to recoup the minimum guarantee, expenses, and P&A; subsequent net proceeds are paid to the producer. OFFER B — HARBOR DOCUMENTARIES - Territory: United States only. - Rights: theatrical and TVOD exclusively; free community screenings of up to 100 attendees are expressly reserved to the producer. All other rights, including SVOD, AVOD, television, educational, non-theatrical, international, and Canada, remain available. - Term: 7 years. - Advance: $250,000, recoupable, payable in full within 10 business days after signing. - Harbor can sign by August 15. - Distribution fee: 18% of gross receipts from Harbor-controlled rights. - Recoupable expenses: capped at $100,000. - P&A: Harbor plans up to $500,000, but guarantees only $300,000. All P&A is recoupable; the first $300,000 is outside the expense cap, while any additional P&A requires producer approval and counts against the expense cap. - Release: theatrical launch in at least 12 markets by November 15, followed by TVOD no later than 45 days after the theatrical launch. - Producer has mutual approval over key art and trailer, approval not to be unreasonably withheld. No editorial changes without producer approval. - Harbor receives a 30-day first-negotiation right for US SVOD and AVOD, beginning after the first public theatrical screening. The proposal does not specify what happens to the release schedule while that negotiation is open. - Producer backend: 82% of gross receipts remaining after the distribution fee, then applied first to recoup the advance, expenses, and P&A; subsequent net proceeds are paid to the producer. OFFER C — VISTA STREAMING - Territory: worldwide. - Rights: exclusive SVOD, AVOD, television, educational, non-theatrical, and community-screening rights. Producer retains theatrical and TVOD rights, but may exploit them only during a 60-day window beginning before Vista’s launch date. - Term: 15 years. - License fee: $1,200,000; $800,000 on delivery acceptance and $400,000 on the platform launch date. - Vista expects delivery acceptance within 15 business days and proposes a launch between January 15 and March 31, but the agreement contains no fixed launch date. - No backend participation. - Marketing commitment: “customary platform support,” with no minimum spend or placement guarantee. - Vista controls key art, trailer, title treatment, synopsis, and publicity positioning after good-faith consultation with the producer. - Vista may create a platform version up to eight minutes shorter. It must consult the producer but does not need approval unless an edit materially changes a participant’s meaning. - Vista will permit up to 25 producer-organized free community screenings per year, subject to prior written approval and venue reporting. It has not provided educational pricing. - Vista may sublicense the covered rights without producer approval. ADDITIONAL FACTS - A national public-television strand has expressed nonbinding interest in paying $180,000 for a three-year US broadcast license, but it cannot negotiate while another party controls US television rights. - An educational distributor has expressed nonbinding interest in a seven-year US educational license with a $75,000 advance and a 50/50 revenue split after recoupment. It requires the producer to retain educational rights. - A Canadian distributor has informally estimated a possible $60,000–$100,000 minimum guarantee, but has not screened the film. - The director strongly opposes edits that could make participants appear responsible for conditions caused by industrial land loss or public policy. - The producers may ask existing lenders to extend up to $150,000 of the bridge loan for 60 days, but no extension is committed. - Do not treat any expression of interest or possible extension as committed money. DELIVERABLE Write a polished internal memo addressed to the producing team, approximately 1,500–2,000 words, with these sections: 1. Executive recommendation: identify the preferred offer, whether it should be accepted as written, and the best fallback. 2. September 30 liquidity test: show the arithmetic for cash received, sales-agent commission, and any funding gap under each offer. Distinguish committed timing from uncertain timing. 3. Comparative analysis: evaluate economics, rights retained, audience strategy, editorial and marketing control, community access, term, territory, and execution risk. Explain why headline dollar amounts alone are misleading. 4. Negotiation plan: list the five highest-priority changes to request from the preferred bidder, ordered by importance. For each, provide the requested term, business rationale, and a realistic fallback position. 5. Decision conditions and open questions: state what must be confirmed before signing and identify ambiguities that counsel should resolve. 6. A concise final recommendation suitable for reading aloud at a producer meeting. Use tables where they improve clarity. Separate facts from assumptions and judgments. Do not invent revenue projections, legal rules, or unstated deal terms. Flag any waterfall language that cannot be interpreted confidently rather than silently repairing it. Maintain a commercially practical, decisive tone rather than offering generic pros and cons. This is business analysis, not legal advice.